ICEMAN Nate Mac is seen being examined by the staff doctor and trainers, who are whispering disapproving tones of medical jargon at each other. TRE GOLDEN is pacing back and forth shaking his head and wringing his hands together ina nervous yet angry manner.
Resident Doctor: Tests conclude patient suffers from severe nerve damage and there are signs of unresponsive responsive contusions in the nervical roots. Do you concur Doctor?
Resident Doctor looks to the trainer with his glasses down at the top of his nose, waiting for some sort of intelligent response. Trainer looks around perplexed.
Trainer: Umm…. what?
Tre Golden stops pacing and cocks his head and addresses the doctor.
Tre Golden:
Man, what did you even say? Is he going to be cleared to compete or not?
The Resident Doctor is taken aback by the lack of professional medical knowledge surrounding him, sighs loudly, and responds
Doctor: Obviously my talents are wasted here, it’s difficult indeed being the smartest man in the room. This man obviously has a torn nerve socket in his angular spinal sector and clearly cannot compete, do you concur doctor?
Trainer looks around the room and questioningly points to himself
Trainer: Who? Me?
Tre Golden groans in frustration and takes of in a full sprint and all that can be heard in the background audibly fading
Tre Golden: I’m gonna kill him! I’m gonna kill them both! Where are they!
Iceman lets out a deep frustrated breath and closes his eyes, as the doctor and trainer stare at each other. Doctor looks at Trainer in disappointment
Doctor: I’m rather dissatisfied with your level of competence and understandings of these vital medical situations. I will remember this during your periodic evaluation.
Trainer : umm, you don’t do my evals and this is the first time I’ve ever talked to you.
Doctor: Regardless, you should have concurred! Call an ambulance and send this man to the ER. I want a full CT scan and ultrasound of his cervical spinal root! Stat!
Trainer: Look, I’m going to go update staff and check your credentials while I’m at it. I don’t know who you are, but I do concur, the nerve damage has been inflamed because of the situation and he will not be competing tonight, with a few days rest and some intermediate therapy he will be clear in approximately 3 days. Mac, take it easy, rest up, you’ll be back in action soon, but I am calling you an ambulance to get scanned at the ER. We cannot risk overlooking anything, Doctor…
Trainer walks out leaving Iceman with the doctor. Iceman is visibly upset and in discomfort but refuses to speak. Doctor is stunned by Trainer’s outlandish display of disrespect addressed Iceman
Doctor: Well, I’ll just sit here with you until the ambulance arrives and we can discuss your progress plan…
Iceman doesn’t speak, he just rolls over facing the wall and closes his eyes lost in his thoughts.
Johns music stops and he is in the ring mic in hand
John: Where do I even start? Jordan costed me my match last week so I have that to discuss. But also Sheldon decided to come out and talk about he believes I’m still not a good man.
John takes a second to look around at the crowd
John: Let’s start with Jordan cause that one’s easy. Go fuck yourself, if you still have a problem I’ll fight you anywhere anytime any rules! I’ll never forget what we’ve been through and how you threw it all away for nothing!
The crowd cheers as John finishes his statement. He takes a deep breathe now looking into the camera
John: As for you Sheldon, I get it I was a bad man who’s done some very bad things. But those are all things I deeply regret, when I joined OCW I thought I needed to be that way to get attention…..
John: Jordan as much as I hate him taught me that you don’t always have to be the biggest baddest man in the room to get attention.
John: I truly mean this when I say it, Sheldon I am sorry for everything I ever did to you. It wasn’t right, I hope one day you will come shake my hand. That day might not be anytime soon but I hope one day it happens.
John: I respect you. We have fought many different times on many different shows. In a way we have also have had similar career paths.
John: Started out in a faction with other new comers, became OCW tag team champion, even won a mid card championship.
John: But there’s one major difference between us. You’ve been at the top of OCW. You won the OCW world championship on the biggest show of the year. It really doesn’t get much better than that.
John: You were the golden boy, the future of this company, dare I say the prodigy.
John pauses for a second
John: But what are you now? You’re an amazing wrestler no one can take that away from you. With that being said though it looks like I am the current future of this company. It seems almost as if people are done with you.
John: It’s really unfortunate to see. You came wouldn’t shake my hand two weeks ago, last week you kicked me while I was already down by saying you don’t respect me, but it seems like the fans already lost respect for you. It’s almost as if you’re becoming what you hate, you’re becoming the old me Sheldon.
John drops the mic before heading to the back
NON-TITLE ALEKSANDER BOLEK vs. C-NOTE*
We join a Luis Bishop prepped in his ring gear in the locker room area as the camera gets closer before finally settling on a shot of him.
Bishop: Hearing that our match has been canceled is honestly a bit disappointing.
Bishop: Obviously, I was ready to go tonight.
Bishop: But I'd be lying if I said that the news didn’t come with a sigh of relief.
Bishop: Not because of any sort of performance anxiety or any fear of Iceman or Tre Golden.
Bishop: But I mean like c’mon.
Bishop gestures towards the unsaid.
Bishop: This is not what I wanted.
Bishop: This is not what you wanted.
Bishop: This is not what Dil-
Bishop: This is not what ANY OF US wanted.
Luis lets out a frustrated sigh as he hunches over closer to the camera.
Bishop: A year ago, I beat Doc freaking Green.
Bishop: The King Of OCW.
Bishop: And now, I meant to waste my time teaming with you.
Luis backs off and puts his hands up with a bit of a smile.
Bishop: Lucky for you, I’m quite humble, so I can actually accept that.
Bishop: But that’s just disrespectful to the men I’ve teamed with in the past.
Bishop: The CHAMPIONS I’ve teamed with.
Bishop: Knowing that I’ve been saddled up with Texas’s finest…
Bishop: Rookie.
Bishop: And listen, I get it, we all start somewhere,
Bishop: But you’re just not there yet and next week when we face off I will show you exactly just how far you are from becoming a king.
Luis gets up and walks away as the camera stays focused on the now empty bench.
